As Long as They’re Happy
Date: 1955
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Production Company: Group Film Productions Limited
Stars: Jack Buchanan, Janette Scott, Jeannie Carson, Brenda De Banzie, Susan Stephen, Jerry Wayne, Diana Dors
Location(s): Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, London
Region(s): London A-B, South East A-D
Storyline:
A stockbroker’s daughter tricks an American singer into visiting her family at their suburban home.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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- Capture 1
- 'Now' required
Arriving from the United States, the Queen Elizabeth docks at Southampton.
- Capture 2
- 'Now' required
An Elderly Fan (Edie Martin) waves a placard as American singer Bobby Denver comes into view on deck.
- Capture 3
- 'Now' required
Bobby Denver (Jerry Wayne) answers a Journalist’s question before singing for his fans on the quayside.
- Capture 4
- 05 Jan 2022
At The Cedars on Acacia Avenue in Wimbledon, John Bentley is served octopus for breakfast as a surprise. Jules Ballantyne finds that in reality we are on North Park midway between Gerrards Cross and Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire. (RL)
Replacing Jules' October 2019 Google view, Calvin provides a sparkling day. (SJ)
- Capture 5
- 07 Jan 2022
Stockbroker John Bentley (Jack Buchanan) sets of to work. North Park midway between Gerrards Cross and Chalfont St Peter. once again says Jules. (RL)
Calvin replaces Jules' Google shot. (SJ)
- Capture 6
- 05 Jan 2022
At the end of the road, John sees his bus pull up at the stop. North Park looking towards the junction with Packhorse Road, identified by Jules. (RL)
Replacing the Jules' Google shot with matching sky from Calvin. (SJ)
- Capture 7
- 07 Jan 2022
Running the last few yards, John manages to jump onto the platform as the bus pulls away.
Kingsway, North Park. Calvin reckons, given another scene where John gets off his bus on the other side of the road, this should be a decent comparison. Possibly the pavement mark on the bottom left represents an old bus stop but the 93 certainly doesn't travel here now. (SJ)
- Capture 8
- 'Now' required
John arrives at his office before returning home after receiving a call from his wife Stella. Facing west on Oxford Street in W1 with Selfridges & Co. to the left of centre.
- Capture 9
- 07 Jan 2022
Being given the Bentley’s address during a wrongly connected phone call, Bobby Denver’s chauffeur driven Rolls Royce arrives on Acacia Avenue. Jules advises that this is the other end of North Park on the junction with Claydon Lane.
Replacing Jules' Google, Calvin notes the long lost telegraph pole. (SJ)
- Capture 10
- 08 Jan 2022
Gwendolyn Bentley (Janette Scott) looks from her window as the crooner gets out of the car. The house next door to Capture 9, located by Jules.
Calvin left his Rolls at home but otherwise a perfect match to replace the Google. (SJ)
- Capture 11
- 07 Jan 2022
Passing schoolgirls spot the singing idol and run towards him.
"The chimney on the white house in the background is still the same but I was confused by the windows. I searched the planning website of the local council and found that the house had made renovations to that corner in 2002. Mystery solved. " Great detective work, Calvin (SJ)
- Capture 12
- 07 Jan 2022
A little later, Patricia Bentley (Jeannie Carson) arrives on horseback with her husband Barnaby Brady (Hugh McDermott).
And the council planning office came to the rescue again for Calvin. Standing outside the house seen in cap10, looking over the hedge but Calvin had to make do with the outside payment. Since 2012, the house opposite has acquired a second gable. (SJ)
- Capture 13
- 23 Jan 2022
Bobby Denver appears in a show at The Hippodrome to which the Bentley family are all invited. The Hippodrome Theatre on the corner of Cranbourn Street and Charing Cross Road in WC2.
Three years later it became The Talk of the Town for over 20 years and now it's back as The Hippodrome. SJ